What makes you think I'm optimistic? As per my reply to Shewhomust above, I do not think that a second referendum would be accepted by all Leave voters. It would certainly be accepted by more than a revocation would be, though.

Perhaps you're right, and the Lib Dems have adopted this because they truly believe it's a good policy. In that case, I can only say that I strongly disagree, for the reasons I gave in the post. Coming from anyone it would be a terrible idea, but coming from the Lib Dems, who have made electoral reform their USP for so long, a plan to use the unfairness of the FTPT system to impose a minority view on the country is manifestly hypocritical, and I think will be widely seen as such.